Two-stage least squares estimation of average causal effects in models with variable treatment intensity

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 90, Issue 430, 1995, Pages 431-442

  Angrist, Joshua D ^a   Imbens, Guido W ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrumental variables; Rubin causal model; Schooling; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922353689     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1995.10476535     Document Type: Article

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